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Niclas Huschenbeth

Niclas Huschenbeth has been a grandmaster since the start of 2012, and has played both sides of the Najdorf for many years. His most notable success to date was becoming the youngest German champion ever at the age of 18 in 2010. He is currently studying psychology on the East Coast of the United States, where he plays on his university team.

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Scarcely any world champion has managed to captivate chess lovers to the extent Carlsen has. The enormously talented Norwegian hasn't been systematically trained within the structures of a major chess-playing nation such as Russia, the Ukraine or China.

He was a child prodigy and he is surrounded by legends. In his best times he was considered to be unbeatable and by many he was reckoned to be the greatest chess talent of all time: Jose Raul Capablanca, born 1888 in Havana.